Direction signal for vehicles



H. G. SPRAKER DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR VEHICLES Oct. 13, 1931.

Filed May 29, 1930 Ilm I BY

INVENTOR.

E G. SPEAKER,

A TTORNEY.

'59 Figure Idista top view 'of Figure 5*.v Y

Patented Oct. 13, 1931 y @me or miam l y nrnnczon" SIGNAL iron: vnin'cnns l y @planeet-101i, inea may '29, 1930.] seriai'Nov.' 457,119.-

, Window openingvover the' shifta'ble light' or! I@ glass. L 'It is a special aim to:l present means g Y for securing the signal l'firmly and rigidly in yplace 'without requiring alteration of Athe structureof thefvehicle, or I'narring thenish inany Way.l Another object isto enable the 15 coordination of my vsignal mounting Witli'the.

vertically movable-light of ithel Window, Ito the end that a good Weathertightjointis effected, and the good appearance ofy the vehiolepreserved.; zo It 'is' an" aim vto presenta signal that may be "operated readily in a simplev man-' ner from Within the'` vehicle, andtwhich 'will bel eiective in .indicatingthe' 4three princi-pal signalsre'quired in "modern traffic, viz: lthe right turn, the left turn; fand the stop, With# outi freoluiringv the 5 reading fof signs LAon ,they Signal,y 11 f' /u f 1 'f A fu ing means 4for such'y an appliancewherebyj it'v maybe held in place Without boring holes, or driving nails or the like; v 'Y Additional objects, advantages, Y and *fea tures of 'invention are,involved,residingfin the construction, arrangement and combina-Q tion of parts, as may be more readily under-- stood 'from thev followingldescription and accompanying'drawings,iwherein,

Y. Figurel is'an elevationof the upper frontportionl of a vehiclevequippedlpwth my Jin- 40 vention. The verticaldimension of the 'ap'- pliance here is .somewhat vexaggerated (for convenience "in illustration.

lgur'e 1S 'an en arged cross '.Sec lon, 'a scopically"'insertedk in the tubular end of the the pivot of thexsignal, Y Figurel is an enlarged fragmentary inner elevation from the right of Figure2. y.

yFigure 4 is a'topview of Figure 3.r A v the left Figurejis a detail elevation of handrem which. is substantially tubular, `flattened and yformedof a single bla nkrofslieetmetal bent th'erpurpiseis to evolve novel secur-f Figure'l'? is a'horizontal section at the rightl ,s v j handend.

`There is illustrateda vehiclehavinga lfront door 10,formed Withv thewindow opening 11,V inzvvhich there; alight 12,.,adapted'to`be raised and: lovveredf'in'a'ny Ausual Way, theV means for which is not illustrated, being no y,

novel part of,thisinventio`n'. yThe. opening l1 is 'providedV With :the usual side, andztop` rooves l12x-.klm receive tlieedges v'of the lightllQ, and these grooves maybe of y' any usual f `form familiar on the motor vehicles ofthe day. f n -zV I 51; L'

AV vsignal n'iountiiigv` lframe .15 is f provided,v

having :aV thickness approximating thatfot',A` y standardautomobile glass;I This frame is4 on a :medial line tov form a' rounded upper edge 16, thelower edge portion 17 `of one side'` t being'bentifsharply at right angles into abutn ment With the opposite dependingedge 18VA t Y `v forming a stop or bottomila-nge. ,The vdepending edge is allowed to extend so as to f form va'vveather stop'adapted to lap the upper' edge'of'the light l12 When raised into abutl f ment With-the'langeat 17.

Secured tovrespective edge portions of the' frame atone endl above the flange 17 there/are two closely spaced rigid steel: bars 19. `in`' serted Within the tubular end of. the frame .80

" and l-securedE at afdistance from the endof the ,frame byfrivets extended entirely through the frame and the bars, 'although `otherfmeans of securementmay be employeoll- Theextrem ities ofthe bars project suiliciently to permit S theeng'agement of afset screw 20 in one to impinge ,against they other :whereby .the-two maybe separated afterinsertion vin the Window groove so as to Wedge inthegrooVe-l and HX thel ram'ein lpositionr in the Window 0 opening.v At the opposite-end a pair off'loinl gitudinally adjustable plates '21' are' tele# frame each having 4a horizontal series of apertures QZtherein, and a sorevvv 23 is `engaged throughv the Aend portion lof :the frame andvl preventing the frame Vfrom twisting VoutrofV alinement with the medial plane ofthe window, and affording an adequate support for the signal device which will now be described.

The lower edge portion of the frame 15 is cut out at a location well within the reach of an operator seated behind the wheel of the vehicle. `T his cut-out part or vopening 29 extends upwardly from the lower edgefabout one inch in practicea'nd is about one inch wide.'- It has a semi-circular or arched upper edge portion. y

A small revoluble shaft 25 extends across this opening, being simply laid on the flange 17. lt is held in place by means of a lever 26 pivoted thereon by means ofapin 27 at right angles to the shaft. Tfhe lever is formed with a hemispherical enlargement 28 onitsiupper side snugly fitting in the arched upper part of the opening 29. The lever has pivotal movement on, a horizontal axis by means of the shaft 25 and may also be moved on an axis at right angles to the shaft in any position on the horizontal axis by reason of being mounted by the pin 27 on the shaft 25.., This is therefore universal pivotal mounting.

A keeper arm 30 is mounted by attachment of one end to the inner side of the frame 15, having a body portion 31 oii'set from and parallel tothe frame 15 so as to clear the hemispherical enlargement 28. Its lower edge is formed with notches 32 and 33 the former near the forward end of the keeper while the other is near the rear extremity of the bar, which extremity is unattached and spaced from the frame 15. These notches are adapted to receive the adjacent end portion 34 of the lever 26 therein to hold it at f respective limits of its horizontal movement.

The lever is also adapted to be depressed and moved rearwardly at its inner part beyond theend of the arm 30, and then swung upwardly and forwardly over the arm for a purpose to be described.

When engaged 'in the forward4 notch 32 of the keeper arm 30,7the lever 26 extends substantially` at an angle of 35 degrees to the planeof the-window or door, and its outer end is attached to orformed with a flat sigl nal plate 35 in the form of a pointer, which extends, parallel to the body of the vehicle or light 12 withr the lever in the last mentioned position.V For this purpose the Vplate 35 requires to be at Aan angle of substantially Lazzari degrees to the medial line of line of the' lever. The rear notch 33 of the keeper arm is so located that the lever 26 moves through an arc of approximately 90 degrees in order to vbe shifted thereinto from the forward notch. This movement consequently carries thesignal plate 35 from inoperative rearwardly extending position close beside the light ofthe window, into saliently extended position at4 right angles, to the side of the vehicle.U Whenv so moved, it will be retained in .position by reason of its weight bearing the'innerpart of the lever upward and retaining it in the notch 33. This is the signal of a 4left hand turn, and the stop signal may be effected if desired by oscillating the lever handle up and down while the plate is in this plane. The right hand turn may be indicated by Vbearing down on the lever handle while in this location; A. left hand turn or stop may also be indicated by shiftV ing-the lever handle entirely ltothe rear of the arm 30 then raising it and swinging it forward slightly, just enough to-engage over the arm 30.where it will'be retained fric tionally. The armBO will serve inthis way because of the fact that it is ofre'silient material thin enough to` flex readily, and is space-d closely enough to the inner `face of the frame 14 to bind against the lever handler other side portion, forming a bottom flange,

an opening formed through theplate and through the lower edge thereof, a rock shaft across the opening on the said bottomrflange, a lever pivotally connected to the shaft onv an axis at right angles to the shaft and hav ing concentric parts fitting the'opening, a handle on the lever projected at the inner side of the plate, andv a signal piece'at the opposite end of thelever without the mounting, i M Y 2.*A signal device for the uses indicated comprising a plate-likemountingadapted to be incorporated in a vehicle4 opening, a semi" circular opening being-formed therein, a rock shaft across tlieiopening adjacent the straight side of theopening, a Ylever 'pivoted on the shaft on an axis at right angles'lto the shaft, said lever having a semi-spherical part thereon concentric with the pivotV and of a' size tosnugly fit the opening, a handle on the lever at the inner Vside of themounting, and aV signal piece at the outer end of the lever. 3. The structureV of'cl'aim 1 in which the lower edge ofA the side of the mounting opposte said flange depends to overlap a winv dow light. y

4.. The structure of claim 2 in which the ends of the arched part of the semi-circular opening intersect the lower edge of the mounting the opening forming a break in d said lower edge. f

whereof I aX'Iny Signature.

In testimony HENRY G. SPEAKER. 

